Our Lord, Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2019 www.StBrendansATL.com Readings for the Week of November 24 MASS SCHEDULE Sunday: 2 Sm 5:1-3/Col 1:12-20/Lk 23:35-43 Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. (Español) Monday: Dn 1:1-6, 8-20/Lk 21:1-4 *8:30 p.m. Second Saturday of the Tuesday: Dn 2:31-45/Lk 21:5-11 Month only (Malayalam) Wednesday: Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28/Lk 21:12-19 Sunday: Thursday: Dn 6:12-28/Lk 21:20-28 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 10:40 a.m., Friday:Dn 7:2-14/Lk 21:29-33 12:20 p.m., 2:00 p.m. (Español), 5:00 p.m. Saturday: Rom 10:9-18/Mt 4:18-22 Daily Mass Next Sunday: Is 2:1-5/Rom 13:11-14/Mt 24:37-44 Monday – Saturday: 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday: 7:00 p.m. (Español) Mass Intentions Please Note: Mass times may vary on Holy Days. Check the Mass Intentions in this bulletin or the website calendar. Monday, November 25 8:30 AM Fr. Matthew VanSmoorenburg, LC (L) Tuesday, November 26 8:30 AM Maria Schalkwijk De Kroon (L) Rosary – after weekday Morning Mass 6:00 PM MASS CANCELLED Wednesday, November 27 8:30 AM Fr. Paul Alger, LC (L) Eucharistic Adoration In the Main Church (Spanish) 7:00 PM MISA CANCELADA Tuesday 9:00 a.m. through Thursday, November 28 8:30 AM Paul De Kroon (L) Wednesday 6:45 p.m. Thanksgiving 6:00 PM MASS CANCELLED Friday, November 29 8:30 AM Joel George Thomas (L) Reconciliation 6:00 PM MASS CANCELLED Saturday: 9:00 a.m. until last person Saturday, November 30 8:30 AM Briana Stevens (L) served and 3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Tuesday: 4:00 - 5:45 p.m. Wednesday: 5:00 - 6:45 p.m. English Vigil 5:00 PM Joseph Kuriako (D) and Español Vigil (Spanish) 7:00 PM Jose Guadalupe Hernandez (D) Sunday, December 1 7:30 AM Mary Theresa Duchene (D) 9:00 AM Tam Nguyen (D) Parish Office Hours Monday–Thursday: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 10:40 AM Richard Michael Turner (D) Friday: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 12:20 PM Victor Martinez (D) 2:00 PM Legión de Maria (L) 5:00 PM For the People of the Parish (L) St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church 4633 Shiloh Road This list of those suffering illness is Cumming, GA 30040 updated at noon on Wednesday each week. To be listed for 4 weeks, email Joanne Phone: 770-205-7969 Garrett at [email protected] Fax: 770-205-5040 The Sick (Enfermos) www.StBrendansATL.com Rebecca Attanasio, Karen Beathard, Ted Borzak, Fr. Daniel Brandenburg LC, Sacramental Emergency Line Jacob Cautter, Audrey De, Andrea Easparro, Karen Kelly Egelston, 866-642-0733 Patrick Gallagher, Dcn. Bob Grimaldi, Jerry Jennings, Thomas Lagomasino, Archdiocese of Atlanta Jeff Matthews, Jacinda Noble, John Pittman, Santiago Posada, Peter Raish 24 hour Abuse Reporting Line 1-888-437-0764 Deceased (Fallecidos) Juanita Lapitan Abanos Marcella Luciano Good Samaritan Hotline 770-205-2324 Pastoral Staff St. Joseph Food Pantry The Very Rev. Fr. Matthew VanSmoorenburg, L.C. V.F., Pastor .......... [email protected], ext. 42 [email protected] Rev. Fr. Patrick Langan, L.C., Parochial Vicar ....................................... [email protected] Rev. Fr. Paul Alger, L.C., Parochial Vicar .............................................. [email protected] Alcoholics Anonymous Rev. Fr. Nikola Derpich, L.C., Parochial Vicar ....................................... [email protected] 770-329-6347 Rev. Mr. Roger Fraser, Deacon ............................................................. [email protected] Rev. Mr. Bob Grimaldi, Deacon ............................................................... [email protected] Rev. Mr. Luis Carlos Lorza, Deacon ...................................................... [email protected], ext. 43 Pope Francis’s Rev. Mr. Ed Rubio, Deacon .................................................................... [email protected] Intention for November Administrative Staff Stacy Applegate, Director of Youth Faith Formation ............................... [email protected], ext. 13 Bill Buescher, Business Manager ........................................................... [email protected], ext. 31 Dialogue and Reconciliation Don Conklin, Director of Adult Faith Formation ...................................... [email protected], ext. 26 in the Near East Lori DeRoche, Director of Preschool ...................................................... [email protected], ext. 19 That a spirit of dialogue, Joanne Garrett, Director of Communications/Parish Life ....................... [email protected], ext. 14 Colin Gore, Director of Music .................................................................. [email protected], ext. 20 encounter, and reconciliation Dennis Mallon, Director of Development & Facilities ............................. [email protected], ext. 12 emerge in the Near East, where Monica Plew, Director of Formación de Fé ............................................. [email protected], ext. 40 diverse religious communities For a complete staff list, visit www.StBrendansATL.com/clergy-and-staff share their lives together. November 25 Fr. Matthew, we thank you for the many hours you toil, often unseen, to serve the many needs of our vibrant parish. May the grace of our Lord fill your days. Fr. Matthew has served as pastor of St. Winter Schedule Changes Brendan’s since 2012. We are continuing to modify our holiday activities to Under his spiritual guidance, the church accommodate space constraints resulting from the has experienced tre- expansion. We appreciate your patience as we strive mendous growth both to support the many charitable missions and spiritually and physi- activities that make our parish a great faith family. cally. Once Phase One Winter Coat of the church expan- Drive sion is complete, St. This year the coat Brendan’s will be one of the largest parishes in all of drive will occur on the Georgia. weekend of January Ordained a priest in 1994, Fr. Matthew has since 18/19. Please save served in a variety of vocational, educational and spir- your gently used outerwear for this annual collection. itual roles throughout the United States including For more information, please contact Marlene Hen- leading youth programs with ECYD, acting as chaplain dricks at [email protected]. for a college and a primary school, guiding adult edu- cation programs such as FAMILIA, leading retreats Monastery Fudge Sales and directing vocational programs. For the past three The Knights of Columbus will be selling fudge and years he has served on the Regnum Christi Territorial other tasty treats from the Monastery of the Holy Council and the North American Legion of Christ Spirit (Conyers) the weekends of January 25/26 and Council helping Fr. John Conner, LC. February 1/2. In January 2019 then Archbishop Wilton Daniel Gregory confirmed the election by his peers of Fr. Matthew to Dean (Vicar Forane) of the North Metro Deanery which encompasses 9 local parishes. As Dean, Fr. Matthew promotes common pastoral activity, appropriate celebration of the Eucharist, and maintenance of churches and their facilities and their records. REMINDER: If you have not yet fulfilled your gift Fr. Matthew holds to the 2019 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal, you can degrees in electrical easily donate online at www.appeal.archatl.com. engineering, philos- The campaign goal is $8,500,000 and St. Brendan’s ophy and theology. parish goal is $155,900. Maximizing Mass Fr. Nikola Derpich, L.C., S.Th.D. Visit Fr. Nikola’s blog Finding the Plug on rcspirituality (https://rcspirituality.org/finding_the_plug). An Introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer: The Preface (continued) An Expression of Thanksgiving The bishop or priest segues into the next part of the prayer using the same sentiment with which those participating with him were drawn into it: “It is truly right and just…” Now he addresses God not only on Reconciliation on Tuesday, November 26 and our behalf, but with us, hands upraised. on Wednesday, November 27, is cancelled. It is here we see why are there so many prefaces. There are many ways to and reasons for expressing Eucharistic Adoration will occur as normally thanks, and the Preface is about expressing thanksgiv- scheduled. ing. Each Preface articulates a different reason for The Parish Office will close on Wednesday, giving thanks to God. It can focus on all of salvation November 27 at 2:00 p.m. and will re-open on history or just a part of it. It can focus on the reasons Monday, December 2. in keeping with the liturgical season being celebrated, or for a special occasion or need. Just as there are All weekday evening Masses are cancelled many ways to thank someone—a gift, flowers, a note, November 26 - November 29. a meal—there are many reasons for thanksgiving expressed by the Prefaces. Thanksgiving Day: Bilingual Mass at 9:00 a.m. The Preface is one of the principal places in the Eucharistic Prayer where thanksgiving is expressed, For complete information and to verify the status even though the entire Eucharist is an act and prayer of any other church activities this week, of thanksgiving. Meditating on the prefaces can give please visit the parish calendar at: you a wealth of reasons to be grateful to God always, www.StBrendansATL.com not just during Mass. Through Christ We Enter Into God’s Presence If the initial part of the prayer after the dialogue does not explicitly mention “Through Christ our Lord” (although it usually does), there is usually at least a mention of the mystery of Christ in the body of the Preface, because through Christ we enter into God’s presence. It is his mediation that makes us pleasing to the Father, and it is offering him that will enable us to keep pleasing the Father. Through Christ we are entering into the deepest part of the sacramen- tal mystery, and we can only be led in through him and with him. Even if in this moment he may not be sacramen- tally present yet on the altar, he is present through the bishop or priest acting in his person and in his name, as well as the Mystical Body (us) now gathered in worship around the altar preparing to welcome his sacramental arrival in the Eucharistic species.